The specialists guide to Chinese antiques.

I have seen this list floating around on the internet (though I have no idea where it originally came from). Though some terms are region-specific, its nevertheless very comprehensive with over 450 different terms.

Chinese
Pinyin
English

朵云双螭纹
duǒ yún shuāng chī wén
Cloud surrounded by confronting dragons motif.

In order to make it a bit more user friendly I [...]

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While trolling around on the net, I came across this very nice blog post from Posh Living which does a wonderful job of explaining what chinoiserie is which is.  A main staple amoung designers, chinoiserie design elements in a room are timeless and sophisticated.  Since we have talked in the past about how chinoiserie screens [...]

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Baxian, Chinese Animal symbols, Dragon, yin yang

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Below is very short but useful post reprinted from Wikipedia time-lining the various Chinese Dynasties (Click on H for the history of the dynasty, and E for a table of its emperors (or other rulers).

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Just a quick note to remind our friends around the globe that this Sunday is the mid-autumn harvest festival for Chinese around the globe. To learn more, jump over to last years post on the mid-autumn festival, which will provide you with all the details and history surrounding the Moon Cake Festival also sometimes known as the “Lantern [...]

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Found some more relevant videos on YouTube about learning Mandarin Chinese speaking and writing.
Learn Chinese Symbols for Furniture : Introduction to Chinese Symbols for Furniture
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=tZY5kKUUqbA]

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A while back, I had a posting about a Antique Chinese red wardrobe with gold erotica paintings on the front.   Which got be thinking, so I did a bit of poking around on Google and dug up some interesting links on the subject of Chinese erotic art and culture.
Portrait of a Chinese Paradise
Apparently John Byron is [...]

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I recently came across some examples of Chinese traditional clothing on the web which I thought might be worth sharing.
For the larger versions of these photos visit  ACF China’s page on Flickr.

I am not sure who the photographer is but, the images are great. If you are interested in learning more about this style of [...]

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Year of the Pig ends and year of the Rat begins on febraury 7th 2008 till January 26th 2009

“Springfestival” or “Chinese Newyear” is nowadays well known in the West as well, though only experiencing it yourself will show you how important it is for the Chinese. The impact is huge, surely with the role China [...]

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I came across these amazing photos on a Chinese website (though unfortunately I do not know who the photographer is). Now, normally this blog is about Chinese Antiques and the ethnic home furnishings industry (and me complaining about the headache of dealing with Chinese suppliers) but I thought these photos were a great reminder of [...]

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Want to visit an antique market and learn about antiques in Mandarin Chinese?
I came across this Mandarin lessons online website which offers free lessons in learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. The lessons can be heard online or downloaded in mp3 format. Lesson 52 is specifically about Chinese antiques. Here is a small sampling of [...]

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The Mid-Autumn Festival (Simplified Chinese: 中秋节), also known as the Moon (cake) Festival, is a popular East Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China’s Zhou Dynasty.
Consequence is one week of holiday, that is one week of possible delays. Foreigners doing business with China often forget this, because in the [...]

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